Australian Cycling Forums - Bicycles Network AustraliaBNA - For Australian and visiting cyclists from Road to MTB, to Track to Freestyle2015-04-01T06:58:34+10:00http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/feed.php2015-04-01T06:58:34+10:002015-04-01T06:58:34+10:00http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=83378&p=1240566#p1240566Need a history lesson on Shimano parts numbering. I own a Ricardo Nouvo with Shimano 600 running gear. It has 6207 stamped on the gear. What does the 6207 mean. Ive seen parts on sale on ebay and the like and they will state 6207, 6208, 6400, 6402, 6800 etc. Is there some sort of logic in the numbering and does it mean something?

Jean wrote:Of course Ritchey and Deda bits, while not exceptional on the bling/street cred scale are, IME, well engineered, strong and completely reliable. (They are also much better looking than anything Thomson produces - the Thomson set back seatpost is a crime against something)

Hey, I have a Thomson set back seat post Good call on the Deda stuff, I've started a collection of Deda handlebars lately, may not be the lightest but they are cheap and look pretty good.

]]>2015-04-01T06:21:34+10:002015-04-01T06:21:34+10:00http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25724&p=1240560#p1240560Statistics: Posted by nezumi — Wed Apr 01, 2015 6:21 am
]]>2015-04-01T05:11:23+10:002015-04-01T05:11:23+10:00http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=83377&p=1240559#p1240559But it didn't feel right as I took it out Italian BB with shimano Axle... Has someone just hammered an English thread into the BB or are some Cinelli BB english thread?... Either way the drive side thread isn't great.

]]>2015-04-01T03:06:43+10:002015-04-01T03:06:43+10:00http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16139&p=1240558#p1240558Yesterday I had a really wet start, and was pretty well soaked from the knees down (I wore a bike poncho), but dried out during the course of the morning at the office, so no issue.Today the wind was howling, blew my bike over even though it was tethered to the bike parking hoop/frame thingo. As I left work, it started raining too, so I resigned myself to another soaking. Bonus was that car traffic was hell as a tree had blown over, blocking the bike path as well as one of the car lanes on a major arterial road. Had no issue merging with the traffic around the tree (cyclists get plenty of consideration here), and continuing on my merry way.Snow is forecast for the next couple of days, so commutes could be interesting for a bit still...

I did the 100k (my first) and apart from slashing my front tyre after running off the road while daydreaming, I really enjoyed it. The setup in terms of support was fantastic IMO, good signage, volunteers at every intersection, lots of fruit and fluid at the rest stops, and the Yellow Jersey roving repair vehicle was worth it's weight in gold. I no sooner had the wheel off when they pulled up, repaired my damage and away I went.

Definitely back for more next year.

I did the 100km. Have done it before but this was the most enjoyable time for me despite the weather which was unseasonally hot.

As you would expect the bunches are a bit congested to begin with but the road opens up after Rosewood.The 100km riders that i saw seemed to all be very happy, just a few pulled off beside the road with broken spokes or bad cramps. I have heard that the 160km riders suffered in the heat and there was a rider injured in that group.It would perhaps be nicer if the relatively short section of main road between Purga to Yamanto could be bypassed.It was busy with cars and not all of them were happy to pass at a sensible distance.

]]>2015-03-31T23:59:36+10:002015-03-31T23:59:36+10:00http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=81247&p=1240553#p1240553Statistics: Posted by Subzero72 — Tue Mar 31, 2015 11:59 pm
]]>2015-03-31T23:58:15+10:002015-03-31T23:58:15+10:00http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=83229&p=1240552#p1240552I do like the idea of using reflections instead of simply banishing them.I have an idea and a request.First the idea, it's off topic but there you are. Pilots generally can't use polarized lenses (it interferes with the tv screens most of us use these days) and we rely on the flash of the sun's reflection of another aircraft's wings to see and avoid more often than the general public might guess. It seems to me that prizm technology might be very well suited to the airborne environment. Please take this as an application to try out the first pair of prizm aeronauts!

Secondly, a request - a bit cheeky but once again there you are. Any chance of a discount on a pair of Flak Jacket Prizm Ride XLJ's??

]]>2015-03-31T23:53:41+10:002015-03-31T23:53:41+10:00http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=83314&p=1240551#p1240551@RIDER321. I'll get it on the scales ASAP. It should be noted that the build only cheap 'cause my friend donated me the drivetrain components after his bike was written off. I owe him, big-time.I wish I knew more about vintage/oldschool stuff. The guy I got it off said it was 6 speed, as I got it with no wheels, shifters or cassette and a destroyed rear derailleur, so I have to take his word on its history. It is awesome to ride and can keep up with the modern stuff no probs, but on really steep hills, you certainly notice weight compared composite stuff. Also, I could probably stand to lose a couple of kilos and I'm sure that would more than help on the hills! Any advice on appropriate stickers? Looking forward to dressing it up a bit!

RonK wrote:They may have been a little slow but Hibike's pricing was the best by far and their service extremely thorough. I received 9 emails - one after each step of their process. I'm very satisfied with this transaction, so it's very likely I'll order most of the components from them too.

Good to hear. I am likely to buy a fair bit of what I need from HiBike, with the balance from Bike24.com in the main.

]]>2015-03-31T22:40:41+10:002015-03-31T22:40:41+10:00http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=32291&p=1240542#p1240542If you did it without breaking sweat while singing your favourite Sinatra tune, the entire internet!

]]>2015-03-31T22:33:05+10:002015-03-31T22:33:05+10:00http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=83371&p=1240539#p1240539http://www.wekeepyoucycling.com/en/imag ... um/773.jpg but with manganese rails not braided. Send me a pm and i can email you more pics if you'd like.

How do you know all this stuff? Is there a webpage somewhere that perfectly illustrates and identifies Apollo I - VI models with images, weights, etc? I really wish the Apollo website would take more pride in their history and post stuff like that. Any useful URLs appreciated (yes, I have looked through this thread: maybe I missed it?).

]]>2015-03-31T22:20:30+10:002015-03-31T22:20:30+10:00http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=81152&p=1240533#p1240533That was an interesting start to the ride. Everyone taking their time down the range and then it started. Caught up with a bunch after taking the descent carefully and then rolled out to Mt Sylvia (I think). Well the music from Rocky got to a few of us and we formed a 4 man breakaway for a short time. About 10 others joined from the bunch of about 50+ and we rolled on.

Got to the bottom of the climb and all you could see was pedestrians pushing expensive bikes. I've never seen Zipp 404's roll so slowly.

So, the climb. Hardest sting in the tail of a 100+ ride (Have a look at it here https://www.strava.com/activities/275701424.) I have ever experienced. 1.7k of sufferfest and then no relief to the end another 7.3k away.. I guess I was a bit lucky as my rear tube destroyed itself about 500m from the top so I was forced to stop. When I say it destroyed itself, it actually came apart at a join and it wasn''t a cheap tube either. Anyway I thought if you have to stop here you may as well make it a good one. Anyway finally back on the road in time to overtake the small bunch I had been riding with leading into the climb.The biggest bummer was I forgot to start my computer at the start of the ride so I have unfinished business and will have to go back next year. You'll understand the term 'if it's not on Strava then it didn't happen. Well I can assure you my legs say it did but Stava says it didn't.

I have to congratulate Toowoomba Rotary for the planning and organisation the put into the ride. It was first rate and a great day in the saddle.

biker jk wrote:Don't ever ride in the door zone. Take the lane. Your life is more important than slowing car for 10 seconds.

The road is usually bumper to bumper with cars during peak time, and the bike lane is always full of parked cars. There's a school on this road also. I usually try to keep my distance from the parked cars but it's hard when you're sandwiched between moving cars and parked cars. Most cyclists on this road stay on the edge of the bike lane.

It looks like the council has painted a nice new looking yellow bicycle in the middle of the traffic lane. If you ride over the crankset of that you will be much safer for that stretch. You can't be accused of holding up the other traffic if that 10s clip is typical for the conditions.

]]>2015-03-31T22:19:12+10:002015-03-31T22:19:12+10:00http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=83376&p=1240531#p1240531I entered lifepaint into the search engine and received no results, so I thought I'd share.Sorry, my bad.Cheers.

]]>2015-03-31T22:07:07+10:002015-03-31T22:07:07+10:00http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=76218&p=1240525#p1240525First impression is that it seems very light for a steel MTB type frame. For now it must remain under wraps while I accumulate the rest of the components. But like Andrew I'm going to have a rationalization of my bike lineup and projects to finance the build.Not that there is any particular rush as I've only just completed a tour.They may have been a little slow but Hibike's pricing was the best by far and their service extremely thorough. I received 9 emails - one after each step of their process. I'm very satisfied with this transaction, so it's very likely I'll order most of the components from them too.

We set up what was previously my commuting tandem to use as the race tandem, basically so we don’t have to keep changing the setup twice a week, which is just a pain. However that being said the bike is a quite nice steel bike and no heavier than the Barlow, so we're not giving much away (especially if I put a 55T chainring on)

I had planned to ride out to the race, and figured on the usual route which is about 10-12km, so leaving about 40min before race start would get us there in good time to do all the admin etc. However when we were getting underway we made a last minute decision to go via the shared-paths, it can’t be much further right?

It was a poor choice as 16km later we arrived at the start with everybody already on the line. We were duly chastised by the race director, who could rightly have refused to let us race, however fortunately for the story, he consented to let us ride. We were just embarrassed to have caused disruption.

The race was to be a handicapped points race, with D grade getting a start on C, and therefore the opportunity to win the first few sprints uncontested. Even though the handicapper hasn’t actually caught up with us yet, we put ourselves into C grade again.

D grade started first and we waited patiently for our chance. It’s funny how slowly time passes when you can see your competitors riding away from you, however we were finally released after 1:45 and set to work about chasing. Fortunately since we weren’t going to be in the points until the catch the bunch settled down quickly into a unit that worked pretty smoothly with everyone contributing to the chase. We were losing a bit of distance at the turns each time, but it was only in the order of a couple of bike lengths and we were able to chase back on easily enough, although I did have to put the brakes on John who was always keen to just power past the bunch rather than to just slot into the line to do our turn as it came up. Finally after about 25 min, we made the catch, and subsequently the nature of the race changed.

For the first sprint we had manoeuvred ourselves into a good spot on the right side of the bunch one back from the lead, but the pace was fairly sedate as everyone waited for someone else to jump. This meant that Phil and then Terry came up on our right side effectively boxing us in. The sprint finally opened up and we were forced to wait for a suitable opening which didn’t happen until we were less than 100m from the line. We opened the taps, made up a couple of spots and finished alongside Ben, but were clearly behind the winner of that sprint. I actually think that Ben had held on for second at the line, but it seems that the judges gave it to us on the basis that we were going faster. Fortunately it didn't change the results of the race.

The next sprint came up and to our delight someone had a go from the turn. He was being chased by a group of about 4 and we were a couple of bike lengths behind them. The group had the leader well in hand and about 350m out paused to look at each other, which was too good an invitation to refuse. We went round the bunch, past the leader and went for it. Someone did come with us but he never got past our back wheel before fading at the line.

Shortly afterwards that the bell rang for the final sprint. In a similar scenario the bunch did the usual inch-worm movement at the turn and stretched out on the exit. As the bunch closed up again we again went to the front to lead it out again. We were able to jump at a time of our choosing for a change and Ben came with us. He started off with lots of closing speed but his rate of progress slowed as he came past, however he still did enough to get to the line about half a length ahead of us.

In the wash up, we came away with 9 sprint points to take a narrow win from David (from D grade) on 7 and Ben with 6.

This was another very satisfying outing, we worked pretty well with the bunch in the early phase when we needed to work for the team, and we were able to show some genuine speed when it counted at the end. We are still working out the kinks for our sprinting, since we don’t get many opportunities to practice. However the results suggest that we do best with going with the advice I was given by my friend Ray a long time ago. “It’s better to be at the front dying than at the back flying.” Particularly so since as Ben (who we’ve raced with on the track) told us afterwards, that even on a straight road it is still a long way to get around us.

]]>2015-03-31T21:59:34+10:002015-03-31T21:59:34+10:00http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=80968&p=1240523#p1240523Fortunately my line of work is not overly demanding and I've stepped back from any onerous responsibilities. Besides, my wife took a redundancy a year ago and has been having a fine old time, so it's up to me to keep the bills paid.

]]>2015-03-31T21:53:50+10:002015-03-31T21:53:50+10:00http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22881&p=1240521#p1240521 I always have two front and rear lights on all the time, dress in light colours and have reflective strip on my back pack, many think this is over kill. Now I keep to the PSP for most of my ride as Perth seems to have issue with cyclists...

Now this morning I decided to catch the bus, I stated there for 10 mins on Beaufort St its dark at 530 in the morning, I see about 4 cyclists come past me wearing dark clothes cycling in the shared bus/taxi/bike lane (certainly not my idea of a safe place to ride a bike) not a single light on, some wearing earphones, one so desperate for some grease I heard his bike before he was in sight. I can't possibly understand what is going through these peoples heads when they are on their bike.

2wheels_mond wrote:a) The 105 5800 cassettes come in 11-28, 11-32 and 12-25. Doesn't look like the mid-cage derailleur, so it would have to be 11-28 or 12-25.

Most likely 12-25. However if they did 11-28 that would be another good change for 2015 model.

lobstermash wrote:Yep, Black Mountain, the Arboretum, Red Hill and the Uriarra/Cotter/Tharwa loop are flat... My bad, was a 27. I don't understand your excitement over the compact crank... You're talking only one extra cog worth of difference at the low end (or the equivalent of a 30t on the back). If you can't pedal 39-27 up 10% you need to train more IMO...

Those hills are rarely ridden by people on Reid bikes, aren't they?

In most cases people buying inexpensive roadies are not committed to cycling. They will struggle climbing 10% with 39-27. Even competitive cyclist may struggle to output 300W (climbing 10% with cadence ~70) for a longer period of time. Remember, Reid bicycle is 10kg. Add water/food/bags/spares - and that easily exceeds 14.

PS: I did climb Bowen Mountain (some parts > 22%) with 39-27, and I know it was stupid. Next time I did it with 34-28 with double speed and triple comfort.

CKinnard wrote:They recommend a 1000 Calorie banana, date, and palm sugar smoothie every morning for brekky.....and smashing in cooked starchy carbs at night...So then followers start flooding their utube comments with "I tried your 3000 Cals a day and began putting on masses of weight."

Yes Andrew's a good guy. Have had some great exchanges with him. Once again I don't agree with all his conclusions, but he's a qualified journalist and tends to research the lit very well. And He's really put himself through a lot trying different vegan variants.

]]>2015-03-31T21:43:04+10:002015-03-31T21:43:04+10:00http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=81300&p=1240518#p1240518I managed 1,266km and 12,776m of up for march and was pretty happy to hit all of my targets which included the Opperman all day trial, and a couple of other long rides. Only one more qualifying ride to do for PBP this weekend and then I can settle back into the normal routine, thought there's a 1000km ride on in May that might be nice...

Daccordi Rider wrote:Well my stoker Simon and I did our first scratch race with single bikes at the Adelaide Hills Club on Sunday. Short numbers meant A (2)and B grade (4) started together on a very lumpy course. We did 6 laps of 10 km with two main climbs. Basically we got dropped on each climb, and rode our way back on the decent, the gap getting a bit bigger each lap that we needed to close. On lap 3 the A graders put the hammer down up the hardest climb and spat us out. One B grader got dropped first lap, we got dropped next and then a lap later a third one got dropped. We caught him up and rode together for the last 2 laps. The finish is up the main climb then approx 750m of downhill to the finish line. He attacked on the climb but I'd expected that and kept a bit in reserve for the last climb to keep the gap to a minimum. He got a gap of about 50m over the top. We chased like maniacs and caught him with 200m to go and rode on to finish in second place.

It was a tough race, we got no rest because we had to go full gas up the climbs to keep the gap to a minimum, then full gas down the other side to catch back on. Couple that with my saddle dropping 3cm on lap 2 and I was pretty shot by the end. Good result, probably better than I expected given the nature of the course.

UCI event and Paracycling Nationals during April so some good racing coming up.

Well done Simon.

The scenario of being dropped on the ups and chasing on the downs is familiar to me.

It is good that you had company for the last couple of laps, because he will be a useful ally in future races. If he is able to figure out that he can get around the course faster by riding with you rather than against you it will be a good example to others, particularly to the other rider who now knows that if he can only hang with you it will make a big difference to his result. It adds a different dimension to the racing if the lesser climbers are able to chase back on. The downhill finish was favourable for you in the way it played out. I expect that you came past with enough pace to make sure he had no chance to catch your wheel. An alternate tactic for him would have been to not break away up the last hill and to have taken his chances in the sprint. I have always thought that John and I would make an excellent lead-out since we have pace and don't accelerate too hard, but sadly I don't have the chance to put that theory into practice.

It will be interesting when you have the opportunity to break away before a climb to see if the others have the nerve to just let you go in the knowledge that the hills will bring you back. Our experience is that they usually won't and will chase anyway. We have a couple of courses with early descents and it is a tough choice at times whether to just cool the jets and save energy for the climb, or to take advantage of the favourable conditions and condemn ourselves to racing the rest of the course at full gas, which is also pretty antisocial.

I managed to watch the Paracycling Track Worlds on Sunday night. Particularly the tandem sprints. The women's team had a couple of great semi-final rides, particularly one where they held the Kiwis wide for the entire race and wore them out by the finish.

April is a big month but a trip down your way won't happen for us. I'm sure it will all go well for you.

We are building up to our biggest race here, the Gunning 2 day tour in mid May. This includes a 100km race on the Sunday which is going to challenge me for distance since my longest training rides outside racing are the 7-10km commute to work (soon to be 13km with a change of location in April).

]]>2015-03-31T21:42:10+10:002015-03-31T21:42:10+10:00http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=83376&p=1240516#p1240516https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfWzeGlaFvI&app=desktopMy club kit is all black (RBCC), so this would be a great idea for commuting before, during and after training.I would love to know where I can buy it.

biker jk wrote:Don't ever ride in the door zone. Take the lane. Your life is more important than slowing car for 10 seconds.

The road is usually bumper to bumper with cars during peak time, and the bike lane is always full of parked cars. There's a school on this road also. I usually try to keep my distance from the parked cars but it's hard when you're sandwiched between moving cars and parked cars. Most cyclists on this road stay on the edge of the bike lane.